New Jersey · Private foundation
The Fourten Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of The Fourten Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 17 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,067,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Fourten Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $883k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $730k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $629k | 93% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $395k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Reason Foundation | $355,000 | 3 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wakefield School Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation | $207,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $190,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Yellowstone Education Foundation | $160,000 | 3 | 13% |
| National Park Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Property and Environment Research Center | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Toothpick Project | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Glenwood Park Trust | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Reason Foundation | $355,000 | 3 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wakefield School Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation | $207,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $190,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Yellowstone Education Foundation | $160,000 | 3 | 13% |
| National Park Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Property and Environment Research Center | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Toothpick Project | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Glenwood Park Trust | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gallatin Valley Land Trust | $59,500 | 3 | 1% |
| One Montana | $40,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Middleburg Humane Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Black Rock Forest Consortium Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| AFFTA Fisheries Fund | $30,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Windy Hill Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Inaturalist | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bill of Rights Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridger Ski Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Plains Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fourten Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · George L Ohrstrom Foundation · Wise Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Fourten Foundation
- How much does The Fourten Foundation give?
- The Fourten Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $2,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Fourten Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (57%), Environment (16%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Fourten Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Reason Foundation ($355k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($300k), Wakefield School Inc ($250k).
- Does The Fourten Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fourten Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fourten Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, George L Ohrstrom Foundation, Wise Foundation.
- Where is The Fourten Foundation based?
- The Fourten Foundation is based in NJ.
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